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father, who raised him and held him long pressed in his arms. This affecting scene made a profound impression on the assembly, and tears, produced by the sweetest emotions, were mingled with numerous cries of Vive le Roy! Vive le Dauphin. The enthusiasm of the spectators was without bounds. His majesty afterwards took the sacrament in both kinds; after which the dauphin approached the king, and delivered his crown to him again. His majesty remained a few moments on his knees in prayer, after which the archbishop took from him the crown of Charlemagne, and gave him a lighter one. He afterwards returned to his apartments, and repaired to the royal entertainment in the great hall of the Archiepiscopal Palace.

On the following day, at ten o'clock in the morning the foreign ambassadors and ministers paid their respects to the king and the royal family, when his excellency the Apostolic nuncio complimented the king in the name of the diplomatic body in these terms:

"Sire-The diplomatic body, deeply affected by the august ceremony which they have just witnessed, and by all the recollections that it calls forth, hasten to offer to your majesty the tribute of their felicitations.

"After long reverses, followed by events so marvellous that we should in vain endeavour to explain them by causes purely human, one of the kings (your predecessors) received in this ancient city the holy unction which had flowed on the forehead of Clovis.

"Tried, Sire, by greater misfortunes, but which never shook your royal soul, Providence has conducted you in a manner no less marvellous, to the foot of the same

altar, where Charles VII. again took possession of this glorious Crown, the splendour of which is still heightened by your virtues.

"In seeing religion, which alone consolidates thrones, consecrate the beginning of your reign, Europe participates in the hopes which France has conceived of it, at the same time that it joins with it in forming the most ardent wishes for the happiness of your majesty, a happiness inseparable from the public felicity, which finds, Sire, the surest pledge in your wisdom, your goodness, and your noble character."

The king answered-" Sir On an occasion so interesting to religion and the monarchy, I am happy to see myself surrounded by the representatives of all the sovereigns of Europe. I am very sensible to all that you have just said to me in the name of the diplomatic body; I have the firm confidence that this august ceremony will promote the happiness of my people; and I shall use all my efforts to maintain the peace and harmony which at present subsist between all the powers. I hope that God will bless my efforts. We can do nothing without him. Gentlemen, I beg you to make known to your masters the sentiments by which I am animated, and my gratitude for the part they have taken in my coronation.”

At the breaking up of the diplomatic meeting, M. de Lalive delivered, in the king's name, the coronation medal to the foreign ambassadors and ministers.

JUNE.

1. COURT OF KING'S BENCH.Poole v. Elliston-This was an

action against Robert William Elliston, for an assault.

Mr. Brougham stated the case. The plaintiff, who had from the year 1812 to 1820 occupied his leisure in writing for the Stage, had written two theatrical pieces for Drury-lane theatre, which had been very favourably received. In consequence of these successes, he became entitled to a privilege which was always expected by the authors of successful pieces, and was uniformly bestowed upon them, that of free admission to the theatre. In pursuance of that custom, this privilege was conferred on Mr. Poole by Mr. Elliston. Afterwards the latter thought fit to withdraw the privilege, and refused Mr. Poole entrance. Several letters passed upon the subject, and at last the defendant was pleased to treat the plaintiff's correspondence with silent contempt. Mr. Poole, being unable to obtain an answer, determined to call on Mr. Elliston, and went for that purpose to the theatre, accompanied by a friend; he chose the morning, not wishing to disturb the defendant in his hours of relaxation and enjoyment; he knocked at the door, sent in his card, and was desired to walk up stairs. He had a friend with him, who also sent up his card, and they were both shown into a room. In a short time afterwards, Mr. Elliston entered the apartment in a violent rage, and storming with passion; he instantly addressed the plaintiff in terms most gross and low. This was accompanied with a threat of personal violence if the plaintiff did not immediately leave the room, and in fact, before the plaintiff could obey the mandate, he began beating, and attempted to kick him. Mr. Elliston then endeavoured to

collar Mr. Poole, and on his friend interposing to separate them, he called him a liar, and threatened to serve him in the same way.

The following witness was then called :-Mr. St. Aubyn, a barrister, said, he was a friend of Mr. Poole, and accompanied him to Drury-lane theatre. They were shewn in to Mr. Elliston's room. When they were there Mr. Elliston came in, apparently in a violent passion, and, addressing himself to Mr. Poole said, "Get out of this house, or I will kick you," using a very coarse expression. He then "suited the action to the word " A scuffle ensued and Mr. Poole attempted to remonstrate with Mr. Elliston, who, however, would not hear him. "I then offered," said the witness, "to speak, but he would not hear me; and I advised Mr. Poole immediately to leave the theatre. We did so; Mr. Elliston followed us across the stage, and said to Mr. Poole, "I don't strike you, for if I did I should kill you." I said, "Sir, you have struck him." He turned short round, and said "You lie." I went on with Mr. Poole, Mr. Elliston following us into the street, and continuing to abuse us, and giving orders to the doorkeepers, in our hearing to take notice of Mr. Poole, and not to admit him."

Cross-examined by Mr. Scarlett: How long have you been at the bar?-The witness: Thirteen or fourteen years.

Mr. Scarlett: Did Mr. Poole take you with him as his Counsel -Witness: No; very few people do that. The counsel I gave to Mr. Poole was, to get away as soon as possible.

Mr. Scarlett: Did you make an oration ?-Witness: O no! ther was no time; Mr. Elliston fol

lowed up his threat by immediate execution.

On his further cross-examination, he said he was not aware that there had been previous differences between Mr. Elliston and the plaintiff, but recollected that the plaintiff had said that there was some misunderstanding between him and the manager; the plaintiff had said that he had in the public prints held Elliston up to public ridicule; but did not recollect his saying that he would do so again. The plaintiff did not state he was going to the theatre for the purpose of insulting Mr.

Elliston.

Mr. Scarlett then addressed the jury for the defendant.

The lord chief justice summed up, leaving it with the jury, that if they thought Mr. Poole had brought the assault on himself, they would give only the most moderate damages. The jury, after consulting for ten minutes, returned a verdict for the plaintiff -Damages 80%.

HOUSE OF LORDS-Maule v. Maule (of Panmure).-The Lord Chancellor gave judgment in the appeal of " Maule v. Maule." The father, Mr. Maule, has the entailed estate of Panmure, in Scotland, producing about 20,000l. a year; he purchased for the son a commission in the 37th regiment, and allowed him besides about 100l. a year; but the son urged that such a sum was not sufficient to maintain him, and to enable him to mix with that company which would qualify him for his future station in society. He therefore instituted a suit in the court of session, proceeding on the law of aliment, peculiar to Scotland, for further allowance from his father. The court adjudged the father to allow

the son aliment to the extent of 800l. a year. Against that decision Mr. Maule, sen., appealed to the House of Lords. The son had proceeded for 2,000l. yearly, as a reasonable and suitable allowance, according to his rank and station, and for the support of the rank of his family. The lord chancellor, in pronouncing judgment, said, that, if the principles recognised by the decision now appealed against were established, the court of session in Scotland would have power superior to that possessed by any court in England. It would empower the next heir of entail in all cases to call upon the court to require an account of the income, debts, and burthens of the estate; and then to decree a portion of the estate's produce; or, in other words, to render it competent, on arbitrary notions of what might be suitable and reasonable between father and son, to take what is confessedly the property of one man and give it to another." That was a principle, which he (lord Eldon) could not recognize-it was not consistent with the laws of the land. For the court of session to take to itself the right thus to interfere between father and son, was contrary to all notions of law and equity; and it was against the laws of nature, as recognized by society, which gave the power assumed by the court of session, to the father alone.

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The decree of the court of session was reversed.

LONDON MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.-A quarterly general meeting of the London Mechanics' Institution, took place in the temporary lecture-room, Monkwell-street, Falcon-square: Dr. Birkbeck, the president of the Institution, was in the chair, supported by Dr. Gilchrist and Robert M William, esq.,

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It appeared from the report that 134 volumes of books had been presented to the Institution during the quarter, and that the library at present consisted of upwards of 1,400 volumes; that the Institution had increased in number, within the same period, by 239 members; and that the total number of members regularly paying subscription is 1,185.

It also appeared that the following elementary schools had been opened gratuitously to the members: -Four schools for teaching the French language on Mr. Black's system; three arithmetical schools, one for instruction in drawing; and another for teaching mathematics.

A SEA-HORSE.-A walrus, or sea-horse, was discovered on the rocks of Fierceness, on Eday, Orkney. Having been shot at and wounded by one of Mr. Laing's shepherds there, it took to sea, and was followed by him, and some others, in a boat. The man fired a second time, and pierced the animal through the eyes; it now lay on the water apparently lifeless, but, upon the boat coming alongside, and one of the men catching hold of the forepaw, the walrus made a sudden plunge, and carried the man to the bottom with him; and it was with

difficulty, upon his rising to the surface, that he was got back into the boat. Another shot, however, was fatal to the animal, and it was towed ashore in triumph. The skin of the walrus, when dried, measured 15 feet by 14 feet; and the tusks, which appeared much worn at the ends, protruded from the head about 12 inches.

2. UNION-HALL.-Several of the parish officers of Newington attended at this office, before the sitting magistrate, in order to state facts which had come to their knowledge, relative to the ill-treatment of a young girl named Sarah Holman, by her father, who had turned her out of his house into the streets, in consequence of her refusal to become a convert to a sect of which he was a member, who denominated themselves "The true believers in the faith of Mary Johanna Southcote, and the coming of the young Shiloh."

The female, who now came forward to make a complaint against her parent, had attended at their workhouse the day before, and applied for parish relief, stating that she had been turned out of doors that morning by her father. The girl, being questioned as to the cause of the conduct pursued towards her, and as to who and what her father was, replied that he was a master-tailor, in comfortable circumstances, having two houses in which he alternately resided, one of them situated in Pleasant-row, and the other in Pleasant-place, Walworth; and that her determination not to become one of the believers, in the faith of "Mary Johanna," was the sole cause of the cruel manner in which she had been for a length of time persecuted by him. Upon hear ing this account, the parish officers

proceeded to Mr. Holman's house, for the purpose of ascertaining whether he was in competent circumstances to support his child. The result of their inquiries was as follows:-On entering a room in the house in Pleasant-row, they observed a most extraordinary-looking man, a cripple, sitting at a table, busily engaged in writing to the dictation of an equally extraordinary-looking woman of frightful aspect, having only one eye, and disfigured by a hair lip, which extended so far up her face, as completely to divide the nose into two parts. This personage was "the real Mary Johanna ;" and upon asking what the old man was doing, they were told he was her amanuensis or clerk, and that he was then writing the dream of his mistress, who was to bring "Young Shiloh" into the world, and was considered to have been specially sent upon earth for that purpose, as well as for the performance of some other wonderful prodigies before she made her exit. The parish officers also saw two or three other women in the house, one of whom, on being questioned respecting an infant which she carried in her arms, said that it was her child-that Mr. Holman was the father of it; but that she was not his wife. On visiting the other house belonging to Mr. Holman, they observed several other women, all of whom cohabited with Holman, the forms of whose system of faith allowed a plurality of wives without the necessity of the ceremony of matrimony in any of the cases. Subsequently they had an interview with Holman himself, who on being informed that he was bound either to allow a reasonable maintenance for his daughter to the parish, or else to take her home, refused to

do either, on the ground that he did not consider her as his daughter, because she was not endued with the spirit of the Lord; the fact, however, of the girl being his child, they established by producing the certificate of the marriage of Holman with her mother, in the year 1794.

Sarah Holman, on being sworn, stated, that about three years ago her father's barbarity commenced, by turning her mother and herself out of doors. After that she went into service, but on account of ill health was obliged to leave her situation about five weeks ago. She then went back to her father, and had not been many hours in the house, before she was surprised at the extraordinary scenes she beheld going forward. A Mrs. Browne, who appeared to be at the head of every thing, called her on one side, telling her that she was the real "Mary Johanna," that she was sent upon earth endued with the spirit of the Lord, and that she would perform miracles before she was translated back into heaven again. "Seeing that I was not much inclined to believe her," said the girl, she appeared greatly enraged, and exclaimed, "I grieve the spirit of the Lord, and such a creature as you shall not be suffered to remain along with the true believers.' " She was then asked, whether she did not believe that the real Sabbath-day fell upon Saturdays? Upon stating her disbelief of any such thing, she was considered, she said, as bad as a pestilence in the house was treated by her father and the rest of the inmates in the most cruel manner, until at length her life became miserable, and she was anxious to get away from such a crew, and some days

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